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The King''s Loot: The Greatest Royal Jewellery Heist in History

English

By (author): Richard Wallace

An engaging story The Spectator

Geneva, April 1987. The staid Swiss town is awash with limousines, journalists and minor European aristocracy. All the best hotels and restaurants are bursting at the seams. Caviar, truffles and foie gras are in short supply, while champagne is flooding the market at ridiculously high prices.

They are all focused on one place: Sothebys auction house, which is preparing to host the auction of the century that of the late Duchess of Windsors jewellery collection.

But where did this treasure trove come from? And was it ever really the Duchess at all?

Questions have circulated around the collections murky provenance since the moment Wallis Simpson stepped onto the scene; now, for the first time, The Kings Loot looks to find the answers. Drawing on eyewitness interviews, contemporary accounts and previously unpublished sources, Richard Wallace who was there at that notorious Swiss auction delves into the mystery surrounding this hoard.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 08 Aug 2024
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781803994383

About Richard Wallace

Richard Wallace is a journalist and author. Having worked in Australia for the Fairfax newspaper organisation he was posted to Europe in 1986 to cover the death of the Duchess of Windsor and the subsequent Geneva auction of her jewellery collection the following year. Leaving Fairfax Richard joined the Independent shortly after its creation in 1986 at the request of eccentric founding editor Andreas Whittam Smith.

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